Brassiere



Dec. 26, 1939. A. RuBlNsTElN BRASSIRE Filed June 24, 1939 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 26, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE z,1s5,159 BaAssIEaE Abraham Rubinstein, Brooklyn, N. Y., assigner to Perfect Brassiere Company, Inc., Jersey City, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application June 24. 1939, Serial No. 280,933

4 Claims.

tions which overlap at the front, and that have the ends of the overlapping portions reduced in size and connected to the sides of the garment by elastic straps, laces, stitching, hooks, or other securing means, as disclosed, for example, in Patents Nos. 1,400,295, 1,595,920, 1,771,262, 1,958,963, 2,061,739 and 2,152,629, among others. In some instances one of the overlapping portions is designed to pass outwardly through a slit in the other.

Due to the overlapping portions, there is at least a double thickness of material at the front of the bust in the space between the breasts which makes such brassires somewhat uncomfortable to wear and with certain bodily movements tends to cause an undesirable bunching or bulging of the material.

It is an object of my invention to overcome these inconveniences by providing a brassire of inexpensive construction that has separate breast pockets spaced apart from each other at the front.

brassire that is self-conformable to body movements of the wearer.

A further object is to provide a brassire that will hold the breasts apart and will support them at their inner side and from below without the undesirable features of the prior art devices. -A preferred embodiment ofA the invention is illustrated in. the accompanying drawing, lin

which:

Figurel is a front view of the'brassire laid out fiat; and y Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof. j

The brassire comprises two separate breast pockets I each consisting of an upper fabric portion II landalower fabric portion I2. The inner surface of the lowerportion I2 may be provided with a lining I3 of suitable material stitched around its edges. I The upper portion is preferably unlined.

'I'he two portions are joined byl an obliquely extending curved seam I4 and are so `formed as to provide the required fullness and shape for covering the breasts. 'I'he seam Aextends from a point lI5 adjacent the upper rear `edge of-the ends secured by seams I9 to the rear e'ndsfo'fthe`r '5 \pocket to a point I6 at approximately the middle of the front edge I1.

The brassire has two fabric side sections or pieces I 8.0iv4 tapering form having. theinfront pockets. The rear or free end of one of the side sections carries an elastic strap or tape formed in aI loop, and the other carries a similar elastic strap or tape 2I provided with a hook-shaped catch 22 whereby the two ends may be detach- 10 ably fastened when the brassire is in place on the body of the wearer. Otherl suitable fastening means may be` employed instead.

The two pockets are cross-connected by elastic straps or tapes 23. Each of the straps 23 has l one end stitched at 24 to the upper front edge portion of one pocket and its other end secured at 25, to the lower portion of the seamv I9 at the front edge of the opposite side section I8. Each strap passes under the front edge I1 of the op- 20 posite pocket and preferably passes outwardly through a slit 26 in the lower portion of said pocket, although the strap may pass between the lower portion I2 of said pocket and thelining I8 thereof. The two straps cross each other in 25 the space between the opposed front edges I1 of the two pockets. The lower front edges of the two pockets are preferably connected by'an elastic strap 2'I.

Usual shoulder straps 28 may be provided with 80 their ends secured to the breast pockets I0 and to the side sections I8, respectively.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the two breast pocketsA are spaced apart at the front and do not contact or overlap 'each other, thus avoiding'any disagreeable and uncomfortable bunching of material; and affording a construction of more pleasing appearance, having a better fit, and one that is cooler and more comfortable to wear. The straps 23, as 40 heretofore noted, are fastened at their ends and pass under the front edges and out through slits in the lower portions of the pockets, thus serving to support the breasts in normal form both from below and at theinner side, and to hold them apart. v

What I claim is: y v

1. A brassire comprising a pair of side sections, a pair of separate breast pockets having their front edges spaced apart and each having its rear edge secured to the front edge of the adjoining side section, and elastic straps connecting the upper front edge portion of each pocket to the lower front edge portion of the opposite side section, said straps each passing outwardly through a slit in the lower portion of the opposite breast pocket.

2. A brassire comprising a pair of side sections, a pair of separate breast pockets having their front edges spaced apart and each having its rear edge secured to the front edge of the adjoining section, and elastic straps connecting the upper front edge portion of each pocket to the lower front edge portion of the opposite side section, said straps crossing eachother freely in the space between the front edges ofthe pockets and each passing outwardly through a slit in the lower portion of the opposite breast pocket.

3. A brassire comprising a pair of side sections, a pair of separate breast pockets having their front edges spaced apart and each having its rear edge secured to the front edge of the adjoining side section, elastic straps connecting the upper front edge portion of each pocket to the lower front edge portion ofthe opposite side section, said straps crossing each other freely in the space between the front edges of the pockets and each passing outwardly through a slit in the lower portion of the opposite breast pocket, and an elastic strap connecting the lower front edge portions of the breast pockets and spanning the space therebetween.

4. A brassire -comprising a pair of side sections, a pair of separate breast pockets having their front edges spaced apart and each having its rear edge secured to thefiront edge of the adjoining side section, each of said pockets having an upper portion and a lower portion joined by an oblique curved seam extending from a point adjacent the line of connection with the adjoining side" section to a .point approximately at the middle of the front edge of the pocket, and elastic straps connecting the upper front edge portion of each pocket to the lower front edge portion of the opposite side section, said straps each passing outwardly through a slit in the lower portion of the opposite breast pocket.

` ABRAHAM RUBINSTEIN. 

